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That dude is still working for the CIA as their PR guy. The character he is playing is something like: "Laid back friendly harmless dude you could chill and smoke a joint with" But his job is to contain any suspicious energy towards the CIA and promote a positive image of the organisation in the podcast sphere.
I was driving home from the mountains on a winding road last week and a guy on a Harley motorcycle blew by me in a reckless way. I thought, “this guy is going to kill himself driving like this”, three minutes later as I came around a bend in the road, this guy had planted his motorcycle into the side of a giant oak tree, his body thrown all the way across the road. I got out of the truck and walked over to see if he was still alive. He was DOA, not a twitch. In that moment I truly realized how fleeting life can be. It’s changed the way I drive and pay attention to everything in my surroundings. I use to be a bit reckless, this was my wake up call!!!
@@MrMusicMan5656 I taught defensive driving lots of people die in the US and around the world every day pedestrians and bicyclists etc included It’s good you woke up and won’t take your safety for granted before it’s too late. Many others learn the hard permanent way…
@@mindmatters9515 Don't be sorry, they seem thankful of the experience. Sometimes we need a slap to wake us up from out delusions. We aren't invincible, quite the opposite.
Interesting to note at 1.15 he's hands are quite free flowing but when asked if a conspiracy by the CIA, he's hands are joined and solidified. Centred and focused...
@@HAL9000_ICantDoThat Do you ever watch The Behavior Panel on TH-cam? Brilliant experts breakdown all kinds of video. Killers, celebrities, interrogations. Seems like something you’d like. I would LOVE to see The Behavior Panel evaluate this guy.
he is just hyping up a load of nothing and I'm not even gonna bother listening to this one, imho I liked the one with the AirBnb CEO he was actually transparent
Me, too. Money isn't our ideology, but learning, teaching, serving, or plain old simple living probably is. How would you feel if, despite your intelligence and hard work, there was no possibility for you to go to college or have a home? That would be the type of unfair disadvantage Andrew is trying to teach people to overcome.
Of all the interviews I have seen with this guy you are the only interviewer who consistantly asks him unpredictable, interesting and the most oblique questions.
Nah I think that he still works for the CIA He is their media influencer that basically makes the CIA look more approachable. That way we don't interfere as much cause we think we are in control and know their tricks
We don’t have the promise of tomorrow. I learned that when I was awakened at 3 in the morning by three police officers telling me my daughter had been killed in a car accident. After the shock the pain sets in. For a year I couldn’t sleep with the lights out and every morning I would wake up, realize it wasn’t a dream and would relive that horror all over again. So no we don’t know what we will be facing. My daughter and I were very close. We talked almost every day and I miss her every moment. So please whoever is reading this, do whatever you can to show gratitude and love for the people in your life. You never know if you will get another chance.💕
Thank you for your message, I want you to know that even though they are no longer physically here, their spirit and love will always be with you. If you believe in it, you can still talk to her, and cherish the moment. Take care.
This breaks my heart, truly and genuinely does. Thank you for sharing, and I am so incredibly sorry for your loss. I know there’s no words that can ever fill the void of your beloved daughter, but I pray for your happiness and fulfillment in life. God bless you! ❤
This guy readily confesses he has no morals. All actions are to manipulate. Why would anyone believe anything he says? This is exactly the kind of person who ends up in the CIA. So he can live a good life materially cause he’s an expert at playing people and situations. But most humans have a desire for meaning and connection to something greater. Will we all be happier functioning like psychopaths and sociopaths do?
the sociopath wants to believe so. that way they can feel better about themselves being morally vacant and incapable of empathy. it's all about making them feel superior.
Notice how fake he sounds when he says he's loyal to his country. My ass. If you really think the way he thinks, you're not loyal to anyone but yourself.
What i have learned here is to STAY FAR AWAY from people like Bustamante and how to spot them. I don’t get any feeling at all that he cares about anybody but himself. Em
@@MommaLousKitchen There is a balance of having emotions and feelings but having morals and a calm logical side to keep it real and not let it get out of control.
Best guest on this show for me. Most people would criticise this man but if you really watch and listen you’d understand and learn things not so many people have taught you or made you understand in your entire life.
Interesting, but I don't trust him intuitively . He lost me when he said he doesn't care about others which reveals a distinct lack of humanity!!!! He's been manipulated to manipulate!
@@zazouille2264... I would say his acceptance of sociopathic behavior as an optimal social strategy is just evidence the "intelligence" services are hopelessly lost.
Steven, I have to commend you on your interviewing skills, because I have seen interviews with Andrew Bustamante on other podcasts berore. However, it seems like he's so comfortable with you that he shares a lot more with you, than in any other podcast I have seen him in. Hats off to you. Keep up the great work!
That's because Bustamente, like an emotional vampire, has sucker-fished onto Steven's integrity to pump it out for himself because he has none. Get this sociopath off my YT and away from Steven.
Bustamente suckerfish sociopath feeding off the person of integrity because he has none. You gonna delete my comment for a third time? Really seems to trigger u huh. Wonder why.
Loving the comments!! Good to see that you have an audience capable of critical thought who can see straight through this master manipulator! Question is how do we break the rest of the population out of their trance?
I know that he's been doing the rounds and been invited to speak on various podcasts but I'll repeat what I thought the moment I saw him for the first time - this man has scary energy.
Legit he reminds me so often of my son’s father. The victim story of his childhood, the victory story revolving around his association with the government. I’ve seen several of these interviews pop up and few of them list his name. They all focus on the association of the CIA which many of us interpret very differently than they are anticipating.
This guy has a remarkable talent for using many, many words to say... absolutely nothing. Of course we are all coerced, controlled and manipulated, and there is really no way of avoiding it anywhere in this global society. Each coercion, manipulation and controlling tactic is carefully designed to rattle the particular faction of any society that is being targeted. An issue that's important to someone in South Africa isn't necessarilly important to someone in Iceland. This is just my take on it.
The top always belongs to someone else. That is why its a competition. Nature supports competition and deception to survive. Watch the lions. They dont ask the antelope before devouring it. They deflect, hide and deceive it before having it for lunch. That is how they became kings of the jungle..
Damn, that’s well said. Took years of therapy to figure out why my xdh abandoned the kids and I with our big happy successful life…because he was a fraud trying to fit into a world he couldn’t handle. Sadly, my dad was right and his happy place is a van by the river. Inauthenticity always lands you in unhappiness.
@@marka9261 why assume I keep watching. His face pops up constantly on the feed and I only watched one interview. It’s an observation. That’s why I commented.
I work for a call centre- its probably the best job Ive ever had because its remote, it isnt pure physical graft like my previous work & it involves helping people. Anyone who feels shamed by what stephen said re working in a call centre DONT. People are 'in the shed' if they think Stephen didn't get a massive leg-up in life. He's posh. His father had a high powered job - his bro is an investment banker. Most of us start life with our cart wheels in the mud.
anyone pick a call center job over Steven's if you have the ability is either insane or lazy. Underline here is having the ability. He didnt't look down on you guys, he just share his experience. If he keeps working at the call center, we wont' have this incredible podcast. You are living a shed, the shed that said others succeed because they have advantage. You will never strike for anything better because it's rigged. It maybe rigged but with this mindset, you won't even have a chance to succeed
@JosephineLuu Your points are valid, people should not let a rigged system stop them from following their passion and achieving success. However success looks different for all of us. It sounds to me like the poster is succeeding. They have come a long way, have the best job they ever had, remote job that works for a balanced life, and they are continuing to progress. If having a business that makes money means putting 90% of the business effort into marketing and using spy skills to get an advantage, and only 10% into the passion of making a good product, a lot of people would not find it fulfilling or successful. And that is totally fine. We might not end up rolling in swimming pools full of dollar bills, and if everyone was, then inflation would occur, and everything would be more expensive. If we are not predisposed to the kind of business success described in this video, perhaps we are predisposed to other kinds of success.
@@silverfawn7370 I agree that a stay at home wife/mom can also succeed at life, its whatever makes you happy and fulfilled. For Steven, he's not happy and feel fulfilled with the call center job, he didn't look down on the people work at call center. Poster feels offended for some reason and start attacking Steven's personal achievements. So I do disagree with you about poster is succeed. Happy and fulfilled people don't feel offended like this and definitely not be droven attacking others by their EGO
@JosephineLuu I think it's also fair to say that it can feel threatening if high profile businesspeople assert their way of success and make it sound easier than it is, to market their product. I am not interested in owning a business but I can see aspects of what Andrew has called coersion in the video, that would play on people's insecurity or money fears to encourage them to learn with Andrew even if the viewer is not really the target audience. Some insecurity is natural human nature and as an initial response to the video I think it's fine and valid. As long as we then reflect on that and find a better or more relevant way for our continued improvement.
@@silverfawn7370 Sorry but the post is not about Andrew (even though I don't think he coerce anyone). It's about a sentence of Steven spoke. I think you found your answer on the matter, what you just wrote is how you feel, not the poster
I respectfully disagree. It's not that people aren't aware of being manipulated. It's that they're used to it, and prefer the comfort in the bubble, rather than risk inconvenience and trouble in their lives. Call it cowardice or adaptation, most people are comfortable to live in manipulation.
@@JoanCouncil Exactly, we are all opportunists in a kind of way. Following the wave or the trend as they say. "What would it cost me to protest against this ? Jail ? Not doing it, I will wait until more people are concerned."
This guy did an AMA on Reddit 5 years ago. His top 2 pieces of advice were: “Never trust a quiet person. They are listening, and learning, and that makes them the smartest person in the room.” “Listen. Don’t talk.” So basically he’s telling us to not trust him, or at least to become someone others should not trust. And yet gullible people are giving him money. This guy is a scam artist.
They guy worked at CIA, you don't do that unless you are a very intelligent and capable person. He could be a scam artist but most likely he would not waste his talents on such low pursuits. He is the real deal.
Exactly. If he comes to the show n talk nothing,we would watch 2 hours video of silence and be fully convinced with him. However,this channel has yet to produce a silent 2h video for us, everyone is talking. So how can we trust anyone?
I feel pity for you. That was great advice. You learn from listening and observing. He basically advised that the quiet person in the room is gathering information on everyone else and to become the quiet person to obtain the advantage. You are to use that advice in context. Just because someone gave you a hammer/tool doesn’t mean you can fix everything with that one tool. Should you trust a spy. No. But if you listen to what people say you should be able to take the information that’s useful to you and discard the rest. If your reaction is to discard everything he says because you know he’s a spy, it’s not that you don’t trust him. You don’t trust yourself or your own discernment.
If a candidate continually asked me so many questions in an interview, I would get so irritated, and it seems very insincere... I hate it when people try to handle me like that. Manipulation to the people who live outside of the "shed" is very off-putting and I won't do business with people like that. Come at me openly with the truth and you have me but try to handle me like this and I will call it and never deal with you again.
It makes me very uncomfortable to give people answers when I know they don’t care what I’m saying. Had a guy like that ask me ‘Do you ever smile?’. lol no dude. Not when you are forcing me make noises with my mouth that are passing directly through your brain and floating into the abyss.
@@videoscontrabandos3879 LoL. He would be out of the room in 3,2,1... dude trying so hard to turn every situation to his favor. Not someone you want to work with.
Referring to the final segment: I totally had the change of feeling when my son was born 2 years ago. Before that I wasn't afraid of dying, and I'm still not, but now I have the feeling of I don't want to die, so I can be there for my children see them grow up. Having children does change you.
Well isn’t the CIA teaching them how to view the world as they see it. Just as the KGB (back in day) taught their agents to view the world how they saw it?
true, but if it deviates from reality they wouldn't have functional agents. There's an ideological part of what you should believe in and a technical framework of how you serve what you believe in. If their framework is wrong, their lives are on the line.
@@phillipjiang1593 All of our lives are on the line in one way or another. It’s just a matter of distance. The Russians have a framework too. I’m sure it’s some tragic faux romantic notion about strength, weakness and games of opposition. Also “truth” is a tricky one but not for them I think. There’s probably no such thing. Just moves on a chessboard. I prefer the term “accurate and precise information”. I think Putin played himself. Spent too much time in the mirror.
Yes He has been manipulated into manipulating people the way the CIA wants him to do. He’s just another puppet the agencies use to accomplish their agenda.
He will always have to answer to the CIA, though I doubt they would use him as an asset, unless this is their way of using him as an asset as your friendly neighborhood ex-CIA agent.
As an Inuit we learned this early .. we were met with skepticism, mistrust and anger and called lazy .. little do they know that we were free and still is today 60 years later .. the the question of 'cheating' it's really all about what makes you happy ..not how rich you are, and Inuit are not built to cheat, because you know .. there's a life after this one where you have to stand 'trial' for your previous life. Some call us losers .. But we would rather die than conform to what other think we should do. Life is not about grifting, life is about surviving throughout the day. - Try listening to this interview with ambient music running .. everything will glue to you brain in an realxed way (You could try my relaxation 'Void' ..or Hunted) 🙂
I really enjoy listening to Andrew's views. Whether you agree or disagree, you can't deny that they make you think deeply about certain questions and topics. Great episode Steven, thanks!
I don't get all the hate on Andrew? You can never agree with what anyone says 100%, but he's got some awesome, actionable concepts to teach. I think most people in the comments spend more time arguing with other's than improving your lives. This comments page is absolutely TOXIC!
@@darthdeprave2179 I can answer this for you; the majority of society operate within their bubbles and have difficulty accepting the cognitive dissonance required to process what he's saying. Using the 80/20 rule, most people dont want the truth they want the truth thats optimal to their conditioning. The toxic comments as you put it are those whose cognitive bias is so profound that they are compelled to leave disparaging comments to reconfirm their worldview. He's spoken extensively in other podcasts about the internal and external locus of control. Those who cannot recognize their biases commonly point to an external mechanism that drives their worldview. People with an external locus of control believe that events outside of their control influence their actions and outcomes. Someone with an external locus of control, a student for example, might believe they failed a test because they were sick, the test was too hard, or their teacher doesn't like them. Its much easier for the people in the comments to create an external locus in their minds, usually a conspiracy or invalidating or discounting him rather than accepting that their worldview is flawed. The WHOLE POINT of Andrew's "Mission Mindset" and the summary of all of his podcasts is to create your own opportunity by: 1. Acknowledging that you have biases and they cannot be overcome. 2. Apply the Pareto Principle 3. Focusing on Perspective over Perception and finally 4. Overcoming external locus of control. People are confused about the 'manipulate' and 'deceit' when in reality these people who claim to be held by ethics absolutely, albeit unconsciously act in that manner (because their external controls/ worldview dictates as such) but in reality he means you can use those methods to MOTIVATE people because psychologically they're similar. (apologies for the long post reply) [edit] It would be of benefit to Google mimetic theory by Rene Girard as that will provide additional insight.
@@darthdeprave2179 so it's "toxic" to call him out as an obvious sociopath? and it's "not toxic" to just lap up this conman's word salad and bathe in his narcissism? gimme a break
@fs5775 All I'm saying is that he has valuable concepts and methods to teach. A majority of these comments are people trolling. Why not test the concepts for yourself instead of immediately dismissing his teachings?
@@darthdeprave2179 I agree. The point isn't the person its a product that may help you utilize some tools for business. Either way all the people that are focused on the person are missing that you can learn skills which you can take with you anywhere.
Michelle`s kids are pretty set for life. She doesn`t need to be Prez. I`m also very disappointed in his assessment of the attempted assasination. He`s still part of the blue wall.
@@sixtynineelephants go check their speech/appearance fees, book and media deals, “consulting” fees, and the numerous examples of presidents (and VPs) ending up on corporate boards and other high-paying positions for minimal work
People who use critical thinking know the system. Teaching critical thinking in school is vital. We don't need any hype courses or videos to learn this skill.
@@ameternal2012 I totally agree with you and it would be wonderful if all parents taught this. Unfortunately, if parents don't use critical thinking it is unlikely they will be able to teach it to their children. I have seen a decline in critical thinking over the years.
They chose him because he came from a fatherless home, had trauma, and would be easily manipulated & in turn be able to manipulate others. It’s what they do & what he still does.
Another give away is that he says he got out of the CIA without knowing how to keep making money so he admittedly just made up a persona and started making money off the CIA ideas. Ideas that to be honest aren't unique or special at all , he just packages them well
He never answered the question - how does one know if they are wired for success? He also contradicted himself from beginning of the conversation to the end. He started out with we can all get success if we think outside the box and follow my methodology & then he says certain people are wired for success, others are mediocre, some wired for pain and suffering. So, those people would not benefit from the program but he doesn’t mention that it’s not useful for everyone. He also gave an example of a client who had trauma and turned out to be successful despite the trauma. Relatively happy path. What about people who are devastated and paralyzed by trauma and can’t move forward till they heal instead of going around it. Very confusing unlike other guests who had clarity of thought and plan. Very misleading and disappointing for young impressionable minds.
wired means hard wired subconscious patterns, some people wired for certain thing means they have certain patterns which they repeat the same way everyday and get the same results. You can just as get wired as someone else by changing your patterns(installing a new programm that goes: change in current thoughts to beleifs to actions to habits to character )(and yes don't forget to inform yourself fully before sharing, )
He said he’s training people to break the dirty glass inside the shed…..ie change the wiring…trauma, insecurities and self doubt is the dirty glass….everyone goes through trauma understand that there is life beyond that
@@fs5775 Agreed. Steven is great even though he comes across as naive. I don't understand how his radar is not even beeping. He is easily impressed with certain people. He also does shows bias, which makes me question if I want to continue watching..
Because he’s full of $hi7 He’s a grifter extraordinaire. The fact that he thinks people don’t remember peoples failures is laughable. Just ask George Clooney and his Batman performance :P Or Brendan Fraser that went from top tier A lister to unemployed. I think 80% of what he says is made up on the spot and then he tries to see if people will buy his BS because he’s confident about it. Then the icing on the cake was his saying that Michelle Obama would beat Trump and that the country NEEDED her 😂 What a joke .
❤ Hello friends and Nerds. Andi Bust my ... Fro up gro up.😂❤😂 I really like everything this man ever has to say. Especially when I know his wife has said similar things,...obvi smarter, and MRS. ANDI B ... SHES the one smirking on him...us... and the rest of u road loving heros. Im good w f the system, break the machine, pease love and never losing sight of GOD.
I loved this entire episode. The question left for Andrew and the brief conversation after were the cherry on the sundae of this episode. When the Titan sub implosion happened and I learned the wife/mother gave up her seat for her son, I wondered if she wished she'd gone instead -- she'd have died with her husband and her son would have still been alive, BUT the kids would be without either parent. As for the rest of the episode -- Andrew was a fascinating guest to listen to and not just because he is a former covert operative. I love that he's taking what he's learned and helping others apply it to their own ordinary lives. I'm headed over to check out his channel right now. Thanks for sharing such a great interview.
This is just logical way, different cultures come up with similar way of thinking. Read 48 laws of power, the guy come up with all the manipulating techniques without CIA teaching him.
@nikstar83 When caught being evil, pretend that it is for the victims' benefit. This allows you to continue lying because the lies are for your safety. Example: Santa, Satan, Supremacy of any path to happiness over another's.
Seriously, i knew Andrew when he worked at the embassy in phnom penh (Cambodia) back when William was CoS there. And this guy was NOT a CIA agent, he was an ACS agent. Huge difference, and absolutely not equivalent in anyway. He worked in the visa department and handed out and accepted visa documents from a small window in the public seating area. Absolutely NOT a CIA agent, he is full of crap.
I have a few thoughts: 1. In March he said people should take their kids and leave the USA before 2030 - now he wants the best USA for his kids 2. Last time he said he wanted to help people - now he's saying he only cares about his family. So, why would we want to sign up for his programmes. This makes it difficult to feel compassion for his recent loss of his grandma as he moved off from that very quickly. 3. If he was in the CIA and he's allowed to share IP and build them into frameworks that is for sale outside the CIA I can't imagine the CIA agreeing to that. (Does that mean he is still really is CIA) 4. If we are in a the shed how is teaching people how to get a pay rise getting them out of the cabin aren't you just enabling them to get a bigger cabin 5. Steven - only recruiting people who are like you is one of the biggest reasons (i.e. unconscious bias ) why companies are not being successful in attaining true diversity within their organisation. As a middle aged black female professional in the UK it is the key factor that I have faced over and over and again throughout my career. I would be interested to understand how you ensure you get that balance when you are interviewing. You won't really get true growth without diversity. 6. Was the objective of this to promote his business- "the t-shirt "
No growth without diversity? Is diversity your power? Successful people can be successful doing the same exact thing people like or want. Diversity for diversity’s sake … isn’t the way. Ability / hard work are what bring success. You DEI ppl need to wake up. Look at the president of Harvard, or the secret service … them being diverse brought about insane incompetence and 0 accountability. But we should let them because they are women? Or bc the one is black? This is so against the American way and culture that we got from you… the UK brought about so much progress . Not bc of diversity, but bc of excellence
A podcast I almost fell asleep too, because all the rest I have it’s me being relaxed hence I have to listen twice to most! This was an excellent podcast between you both and I have taken away a good few points from this, excellent and thank you! I sit in interviews and this podcast has made me realise how we are going wrong. Also when it comes to leadership of the company. Thank
I find it very informative each time I tune in to listen to the various guests on the show. You have a loyal listener from The United States of America.
This guy talks absolute nonsense from start to finish. You can see Steve knows it but is incredibly polite, giving him chance after chance to say something coherent and actionable.
I disagree. While I do think Steven is a bit unnerved by how direct and pragmatic Andrew is in the first half, as anyone would be with a trained CIA agent, honestly, I think Steven is entirely fascinated by him and wants to know as much as he can and does have respect for him and what he says. There's no way Steven would talk to someone for almost 3 hours if he thought it was nonsense. Andrew says openly, don't just believe me, take the information and knowledge and test it for yourself. It's refreshing to see someone speak so direct about topics most skirt around. Andrew in my opinion is very coherent and gives a lot of good examples of how to take action in your own life.
I do not have to agree with everything a person says but for me he makes some very relevant and useful points especially regarding perception and perspective. Everyone has something to contribute and learn from. As he said, it’s up to each individual to “test” the information ourselves. I once learned potentially life saving information from someone who believes the earth is flat. Even a broken clock is right 2 times a day.
Really appreciate the email break-down, and I want to commend you for putting in the time and effort to have that segment screen captured. You managed to turn an extemporaneous analysis of text, into a live lesson, with annotated lecture notes. Valuable stuff, worth a comment. Thanks again.
I love how the starting question boxes the framework into a videogame like context..."what are you doing in this season of your life?" What a calculated and well directed controlling question that is....absolutely undermines the rest of the interview
Steven, this was one of the best videos you've done by far, and you're the creator of every single favorite video of mine. Well, well done. I am so glad you're a human I get to learn from. Forever thankful. Andy - incredible. You continue to educate the business owners who need you more than they know. 💚
@@fredydiaz1180 Oh I understood, I just don’t agree that what he’s describing constitutes freedom. He’s justifying an anti-social approach to economic interaction by virtue of the fact it makes people wealthy. Actual freedom would instead be the ability to observe the many ways a human can spend their time on this earth, make that choice for yourself, and then live by it. Power and wealth are not freedom. They aren’t mutually exclusive either.
Andrew: write your book as a fiction, then fewer ‘sensitive’ claims can be made, but all the basis from a true story can still be gleaned by your readers😊. Thank you for this amazing dialog with Steven!! It is one of CEO’s all time best interviews!!
If he spoke on how both political agendas are running society into the ground... i would take this more seriously. But alas, he speaks because "they" let him speak. 😢
He already did speak on how both political agendas (whether liberal or conservative) are really only about keeping society in a state of conflict and survival mode which gets people to think much less clearly/rationally and thus actually make poor decisions for themselves in the heat of that imagined tension. He said that it in his earlier episode right here on DOAC channel.
We are given "circles" (programming) from the moment we are born and all that programming before the age of seven is the hardest to "see" and reprogram. This is why it is so very important to put 90% of our efforts and resources should be focused on our children. This is where society changes, by what we program our children with. Right now, the programing is lack, struggle, competition, and limitation of imagination.
There is usually 3 generations of adults for every one generation of school age children. 90% of our resources going to them would leave no security, or advancement for the adults required to teach, protect, and grow for the benefit of those children. Children are the future, but you need survive to the present to create change.
@@RayF6126 But if all the adults don't invest in teaching these children, all of them suffer later with children growing up to be useless to that same society because they both have no useful skills and no loyalty to that society. You have what we have now, ramped drug addiction, people too lazy to work, homelessness, gang violence, and general apathy towards the world in general.
As a mother, you lost me right the moments that someone would not bring his son back, if that meant he would be different from the person he is. That is (I am sorry to say it) but such a male perspective, and such a self-centred view. I would not only change myself backwards, forwards or in any direction, in fact, I would be fine with dying, if it meant my child is safe and not dead. Wow.
@@fs5775...exactly...sociopathy is present in both/multi genders...playing victim status can be sociopathic...but I do agree that sacrificial acts to save one's children is the correct way to go.
I think you should listen to that whole interview before judging and taking that one sentence out of context. Mo Gawdat is who said that. And he wasn’t talking about changing who he is, it’s everything else he did in honour of his son, everything that happened as a result of that and the impact it has had
Good evening Steven and Andrew Yip Yip and YIP. Truly grateful for you guys. Today I finally resigned from my nineteen year mental health nurse career with NHS. Took a bit of journey, story short. Truly grateful for all you do here, for sure. Thank you. New doors to seek, indeed. 😀 💜
I've checked easily 20 of Andrew's podcasts, what he clearly displays as far as company man bias and manipulation, he more than makes up for in showing exactly how that manipulation works. Half his sets are thin and relatively empty, but when he has a great interviewer, his enthusiasm is a master class in psychology. This is one of the best. Filing it away for study, if for no other reason than trying to ace any future interviews 😆🤙
Well, A+ on manipulating Steve. The first hour of this is all this guy giving a masterclass on gaining a position of authority over Steve. Ooh, and we just got to where he takes all of that built up good will and authority to dismiss his detractors.
ive watched this buy before and I think he's a fake , well thats what comes to mind when I see him.... he likes to promote his business the entire time .... im gunna give this one a miss
Steven, you consistently ask some of the best questions I’ve ever heard in interviews. Well done. I’ve been listening for a while and now I’m subscribed, because I don’t want to miss out on something this good. Thanks.
Why would he educate you on how to become an entrepreneur or 'bully'? You would only compete with his kids in business, like how China will compete with America. He's manipulating you for his own gain.
@fs5775 His operation is most likely to recruit. He's recruiting. That's a flawless execution. I don't think he's an influencer in a like me, please method. He's more of a Howard Stern, The Rock when he wrestled, or Donald Trump style influencer.
True sign of an Adult, learning that the only way to change the world is starting with the self. I love your channel and you, because you have recognised that fact. Furthermore, you help others to grow and inspire others to look in the mirror.
The only way to change the world-- for the better -- is to move from selfishness to altruism, not to become a master and teacher of egotism. But sure, people can practice what this guy is teaching and see if their life actually gets better, or if they just amass more and more reasons to be afraid, surrounded by more and more weapons.
Hey Steven, you won me, I will subscribe this channel, I saw 2 other videos and I liked, but I don't have much time to spend in yt that's why I'm not subscribed, but this 3rd , it's started so boring that I thought to drop, but then you flipped and then the rest of the interview was amazing! Congrats
You must not have gotten the whole thing. Their guy came from the CIA, who teaches to manipulate others but the base of this is can be used to form happy healthy relationships.
Why so many negative comments? I think this guy is brilliant. He has wonderful ideas and good insight into human behavior. I could listen to him all day long!
😬😬😬 this honestly is giving me uncanny valley vibes. Like every interview / interviewee feels like a performance / performative to an extent, but this guy feels particularly…detached from himself and from Steven. Idk how to explain it but I don’t like it lol ETA: Welp, I don't want to armchair diagnose anyone, but his "strength" of not caring about other people seems...maladaptive at best. It scares me that the world is run by such people. He doesn't sound intelligent or enlightened or outside of "the shed;" it sounds like he just created a new shed.
Haha yes I think in the last video he admitted having sociopathic tendencies. That’s why it all just feels a bit off. ‘I only care about people close to me’ also ‘listen and learn from me’ yeah, nah.
@@sammartin590 Yeah I think for as much as he likes to think he was chosen for the CIA for his ability to think ~ outside of the shed, ~ I am more inclined to think they select for psychopathic / sociopathic tendencies. People who can be incentivized to harm others for personal gain. Only in business and in government does this seem to be a virtue, and yet, our society places so much value in both of these institutions. And they're making the world worse for everyone else-because they want to, and because they can. He said it himself. I'm honestly disgusted, but not surprised.
I agree. Why would he want to let people out of the 'shed'? So we can compete with him and his kids? This interview sounds like part of his long term plan for his family to continually benefit from the problems of other people without significantly helping anyone.
I've seen this guy twice before and nothing he is saying resonates with me. There's something weird about him and I won't listen to him for over 2,5 hours. Sorry, but I'm out
The words from the introduction reminded me of this old and wise proverb : I have seen something further under the sun, that the swift do not always win the race, nor do the mighty win the battle, nor do the wise always have the food, nor do the intelligent always have the riches, nor do those with knowledge always have success, because time and unexpected events overtake them all.
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"You WILL obey us and do what leftists say." KEKW! That is some stupid stuff.
I'm a subscriber
Again why so many bots in the comments? Its funny 😂
@@Viktoriia-zd3kw How do you identify bots?
@@Viktoriia-zd3kw DOC needs fake comments because no-one cares.
That dude is still working for the CIA as their PR guy.
The character he is playing is something like: "Laid back friendly harmless dude you could chill and smoke a joint with"
But his job is to contain any suspicious energy towards the CIA and promote a positive image of the organisation in the podcast sphere.
This is exactly what I think. I also wonder if he’s wearing a wig (I don’t doubt he has a small ponytail) and using the headband to mask it 😂
@@katyalexandria3291 Getting that amount of volume in your hair is not easy even if you have good hair genetics.
Had to come see what the comments were on this one. Relieved people get it.
🌟💯🌟
you know this guy is still asscociated with the club becuase he mentions that big mike should run for president
I was driving home from the mountains on a winding road last week and a guy on a Harley motorcycle blew by me in a reckless way. I thought, “this guy is going to kill himself driving like this”, three minutes later as I came around a bend in the road, this guy had planted his motorcycle into the side of a giant oak tree, his body thrown all the way across the road. I got out of the truck and walked over to see if he was still alive. He was DOA, not a twitch. In that moment I truly realized how fleeting life can be. It’s changed the way I drive and pay attention to everything in my surroundings. I use to be a bit reckless, this was my wake up call!!!
Good story. Can be that fast.
I am sorry you had to witness that-that is life changing.
as i've gotten older, i've slowed down
@@MrMusicMan5656 I taught defensive driving lots of people die in the US and around the world every day pedestrians and bicyclists etc included
It’s good you woke up and won’t take your safety for granted before it’s too late. Many others learn the hard permanent way…
@@mindmatters9515 Don't be sorry, they seem thankful of the experience.
Sometimes we need a slap to wake us up from out delusions. We aren't invincible, quite the opposite.
Interesting to note at 1.15 he's hands are quite free flowing but when asked if a conspiracy by the CIA, he's hands are joined and solidified. Centred and focused...
So the guy is still with CIA... manipulating us....
What is the goal of that?
@@HAL9000_ICantDoThat That sounds like deception, to all of a sudden become so measured,
@@jinx.rhodes Potentially. Being more focused doesn't necessarily equate to deception but merely activating his reasoning more.
@@HAL9000_ICantDoThat Do you ever watch The Behavior Panel on TH-cam? Brilliant experts breakdown all kinds of video. Killers, celebrities, interrogations. Seems like something you’d like. I would LOVE to see The Behavior Panel evaluate this guy.
If he is a manipulation expert how do we know he isn’t manipulating us right now haha
If he's preaching Michelle Obama , though I haven't finished the video he more than likely is.
He’s trying to politically!
he is just hyping up a load of nothing and I'm not even gonna bother listening to this one, imho I liked the one with the AirBnb CEO he was actually transparent
That's the whole point. The CIA sends out people like this to manipulate us.
@@gabe7124 Exactly. The minute I saw this I headed to the comments. switching dude off.
I got straight A's, have a Masters degree, and I live in a tiny house. Living in a small house is a win for me-not a failure.
Ditto! Thanks for sharing 🙂
Me, too. Money isn't our ideology, but learning, teaching, serving, or plain old simple living probably is. How would you feel if, despite your intelligence and hard work, there was no possibility for you to go to college or have a home? That would be the type of unfair disadvantage Andrew is trying to teach people to overcome.
Me too, except my tiny house is a cabin in an orchard! Everything I need, everything I love, and nothing I don't. Sending 🎉 from mine to yours.
Live in tiny house with a wonderful parter. We need food a roof over our heads and bodies to move healthily in. Happy content alive.
Wait you guys have houses?
Honesty, integrity, compassion. Lies, manipulation, deception. I know the code I live by
Of all the interviews I have seen with this guy you are the only interviewer who consistantly asks him unpredictable, interesting and the most oblique questions.
Maybe the host is confused and trying to make sense out of the senseless. 😂😅 No offense to our host.
Once CIA, always CIA. You never leave it.
Either he is recruiting or living dangerously 😅
Nah I think that he still works for the CIA
He is their media influencer that basically makes the CIA look more approachable. That way we don't interfere as much cause we think we are in control and know their tricks
Does that stop the info being useful?
This guy is still on payroll, lol
ive seen this comment so many times and never understood. what does this mean?! seriously not trolling!
We don’t have the promise of tomorrow. I learned that when I was awakened at 3 in the morning by three police officers telling me my daughter had been killed in a car accident. After the shock the pain sets in. For a year I couldn’t sleep with the lights out and every morning I would wake up, realize it wasn’t a dream and would relive that horror all over again. So no we don’t know what we will be facing. My daughter and I were very close. We talked almost every day and I miss her every moment. So please whoever is reading this, do whatever you can to show gratitude and love for the people in your life. You never know if you will get another chance.💕
Thank you for your message, I want you to know that even though they are no longer physically here, their spirit and love will always be with you. If you believe in it, you can still talk to her, and cherish the moment. Take care.
@@elmaxlife I'm sorry. That it too much pain for anybody to have to go through.
Sorry for your loss.
This breaks my heart, truly and genuinely does. Thank you for sharing, and I am so incredibly sorry for your loss. I know there’s no words that can ever fill the void of your beloved daughter, but I pray for your happiness and fulfillment in life. God bless you! ❤
Love❤
This guy readily confesses he has no morals. All actions are to manipulate. Why would anyone believe anything he says? This is exactly the kind of person who ends up in the CIA. So he can live a good life materially cause he’s an expert at playing people and situations. But most humans have a desire for meaning and connection to something greater. Will we all be happier functioning like psychopaths and sociopaths do?
the sociopath wants to believe so. that way they can feel better about themselves being morally vacant and incapable of empathy. it's all about making them feel superior.
Notice how fake he sounds when he says he's loyal to his country. My ass. If you really think the way he thinks, you're not loyal to anyone but yourself.
Morals are a self-imposed "cabin". He may not have your morals, but many people probably don't. And which "cabin" is best?
I agree
When other countries and their governments have their spy agencies...do you honestly think it is a good thing not to have your own??
What i have learned here is to STAY FAR AWAY from people like Bustamante and how to spot them. I don’t get any feeling at all that he cares about anybody but himself.
Em
100% spot on. Keep listening to that gut instinct. It will keep you safe from people predators like this.
Being analytical and cold are probably job requirements. Well, no. Gotta be. Cool as a cucumber.
WTF wants sensitive or unstable ABCs!? Lol
100% I hear you, he is a salesman.
@@MommaLousKitchen There is a balance of having emotions and feelings but having morals and a calm logical side to keep it real and not let it get out of control.
Best guest on this show for me. Most people would criticise this man but if you really watch and listen you’d understand and learn things not so many people have taught you or made you understand in your entire life.
To me this guy is no more than a manipulative sociopath and needs to step down a few rungs on his grandiose ladder. But that’s just my thoughts 😉
Sooo...a professional gaslighter?
Saw this after my post. Right on brother!
This whole interview. So much was said with virtually no information.
All just sales person waffle.
@@SpindlegrindI think that’s the whole point.
Worst. He can get you to do things you never imagined you would do.
In a nut shell. And he’s squirrely so he’s an expert on nuts.
He is actually in a cabin himself. He sees everything through the lens of his CIA training.
or more like thru the lens of his sociopathy which came before that
It's cabins all the way down. What's your point?
@@SleightWryder Read it again. The point are in the text.
Great point. I agree
The way he makes being alive seem so confusing is comical. Why? He’s got something to sell. Self improvement isn’t some grand mystery
Best guest I’ve heard so far. Totally mind expanding!
Interesting, but I don't trust him intuitively . He lost me when he said he doesn't care about others which reveals a distinct lack of humanity!!!! He's been manipulated to manipulate!
Yes I agree.
And there is No Coincidence of the timing that he is on this show!!!
that's just a character trait that is very valued in the kind of organizations he worked for. in his type of work.
@@mirandaandrea8215 he is just being honest about the way he prioritizes things. You can at least give him that.
@@zazouille2264... I would say his acceptance of sociopathic behavior as an optimal social strategy is just evidence the "intelligence" services are hopelessly lost.
Steven, I have to commend you on your interviewing skills, because I have seen interviews with Andrew Bustamante on other podcasts berore. However, it seems like he's so comfortable with you that he shares a lot more with you, than in any other podcast I have seen him in. Hats off to you. Keep up the great work!
That's because Bustamente, like an emotional vampire, has sucker-fished onto Steven's integrity to pump it out for himself because he has none. Get this sociopath off my YT and away from Steven.
Bustamente is a suckerfish on people with integrity because he has none, vampire
Bustamente suckerfish sociopath feeding off the person of integrity because he has none. You gonna delete my comment for a third time? Really seems to trigger u huh. Wonder why.
I couldnt agree more - Steven's interviewing skills are top notch
Loving the comments!!
Good to see that you have an audience capable of critical thought who can see straight through this master manipulator! Question is how do we break the rest of the population out of their trance?
That's the $35,000,000,000 trillion dollar question!!!!
@@RasalilaRose oops, that number just went UP, oops, it just went UP again...oops...
Takes one to know one. Dude is talking about manipulation tactics he uses on others.
I know that he's been doing the rounds and been invited to speak on various podcasts but I'll repeat what I thought the moment I saw him for the first time - this man has scary energy.
Yes. There is an undercurrent of anger and aggression that is thinly veiled. Glad you see it too.
He is on the payroll. Dude is the manipulator
He practically said he has antisocial traits: he has no altruism, he only cares about sertain people. The eyes give him away…
Simple things are unnerving to monkey brains, no wonder most DESERVE LIES & MANIPULATION.
Legit he reminds me so often of my son’s father. The victim story of his childhood, the victory story revolving around his association with the government. I’ve seen several of these interviews pop up and few of them list his name. They all focus on the association of the CIA which many of us interpret very differently than they are anticipating.
“You’re looking at the world through a lens that was built for you, you should throw that lens away and let me build one for you“
exactly and no thank u. this guys view of the world scares me.
@@DontBh8N1 Allow me to bill you xxxx $ for the new lens which will make you want to buy more lenses from me....
@@stunningride6073lol
@@stunningride6073 :DDD
Ohhhh, shatter the glass, and you will see the way of government and socialism, got it.
Hey! Don't knock Kindergarten Cop! That movie was a gem. "It's not a tumor!"
and it was the first arnold movie that came to my mind tbh
This guy has a remarkable talent for using many, many words to say... absolutely nothing. Of course we are all coerced, controlled and manipulated, and there is really no way of avoiding it anywhere in this global society. Each coercion, manipulation and controlling tactic is carefully designed to rattle the particular faction of any society that is being targeted. An issue that's important to someone in South Africa isn't necessarilly important to someone in Iceland. This is just my take on it.
I cannot finish a single podcast w/this dude b/c he is so frkn boring! Glad I never wasted the time! 🤣
We call that skill " cantinflear" in Mexico. Say a lot but means nothing.
100%! I saw an interview elsewhere and was like… this guy said everything and nothing at the same time. That’s a special talent. It’s called idiocy.
What are you saying in a few words?
I run a business, and whilst you can cheat and lie your way to the top, that will always be someone else’s top. Only some seem to get that.
Yes 😊
The top always belongs to someone else. That is why its a competition. Nature supports competition and deception to survive. Watch the lions. They dont ask the antelope before devouring it. They deflect, hide and deceive it before having it for lunch. That is how they became kings of the jungle..
Your mums top is fantastic.
@@videoscontrabandos3879 So is yours!?
Damn, that’s well said. Took years of therapy to figure out why my xdh abandoned the kids and I with our big happy successful life…because he was a fraud trying to fit into a world he couldn’t handle. Sadly, my dad was right and his happy place is a van by the river. Inauthenticity always lands you in unhappiness.
I live in Canada and I have lost all belief in the system. I feel no security at all.
OMG!!!! Why is this guy on EVERY PODCAST?!?! I’m so over the PR with this guy and his three letter Agency.
YET you keep clicking and watching 🤔
@@marka9261 why assume I keep watching. His face pops up constantly on the feed and I only watched one interview. It’s an observation. That’s why I commented.
Probably because he’s got a book coming out….like most people on most podcasts, they have something to promote 🤔
@@YaraG777stop posting comments please. Thank you.
I work for a call centre- its probably the best job Ive ever had because its remote, it isnt pure physical graft like my previous work & it involves helping people. Anyone who feels shamed by what stephen said re working in a call centre DONT. People are 'in the shed' if they think Stephen didn't get a massive leg-up in life. He's posh. His father had a high powered job - his bro is an investment banker. Most of us start life with our cart wheels in the mud.
anyone pick a call center job over Steven's if you have the ability is either insane or lazy. Underline here is having the ability. He didnt't look down on you guys, he just share his experience. If he keeps working at the call center, we wont' have this incredible podcast. You are living a shed, the shed that said others succeed because they have advantage. You will never strike for anything better because it's rigged. It maybe rigged but with this mindset, you won't even have a chance to succeed
@JosephineLuu Your points are valid, people should not let a rigged system stop them from following their passion and achieving success. However success looks different for all of us. It sounds to me like the poster is succeeding. They have come a long way, have the best job they ever had, remote job that works for a balanced life, and they are continuing to progress.
If having a business that makes money means putting 90% of the business effort into marketing and using spy skills to get an advantage, and only 10% into the passion of making a good product, a lot of people would not find it fulfilling or successful. And that is totally fine. We might not end up rolling in swimming pools full of dollar bills, and if everyone was, then inflation would occur, and everything would be more expensive. If we are not predisposed to the kind of business success described in this video, perhaps we are predisposed to other kinds of success.
@@silverfawn7370 I agree that a stay at home wife/mom can also succeed at life, its whatever makes you happy and fulfilled. For Steven, he's not happy and feel fulfilled with the call center job, he didn't look down on the people work at call center. Poster feels offended for some reason and start attacking Steven's personal achievements. So I do disagree with you about poster is succeed. Happy and fulfilled people don't feel offended like this and definitely not be droven attacking others by their EGO
@JosephineLuu I think it's also fair to say that it can feel threatening if high profile businesspeople assert their way of success and make it sound easier than it is, to market their product. I am not interested in owning a business but I can see aspects of what Andrew has called coersion in the video, that would play on people's insecurity or money fears to encourage them to learn with Andrew even if the viewer is not really the target audience. Some insecurity is natural human nature and as an initial response to the video I think it's fine and valid. As long as we then reflect on that and find a better or more relevant way for our continued improvement.
@@silverfawn7370 Sorry but the post is not about Andrew (even though I don't think he coerce anyone). It's about a sentence of Steven spoke. I think you found your answer on the matter, what you just wrote is how you feel, not the poster
That ant at 0:21:10 likely was repulsed by the chemical scent of the pen mark.
I respectfully disagree. It's not that people aren't aware of being manipulated. It's that they're used to it, and prefer the comfort in the bubble, rather than risk inconvenience and trouble in their lives. Call it cowardice or adaptation, most people are comfortable to live in manipulation.
Yeah, true.
Very valid take 🎯
If they know they are being manipulate, then they aren't being manipulated. They are calculating.
@@JoanCouncil Exactly, we are all opportunists in a kind of way. Following the wave or the trend as they say. "What would it cost me to protest against this ? Jail ? Not doing it, I will wait until more people are concerned."
Most people are stupid so no, they are not aware that they are being manipulated by people far more capable than them.
This video feels like an infomercial
maybe because it is
Yeah. For Big Mike and for the CIA
Exactly 👍
Agree, it's a grifty sell
Yes for the Democratic Party.
The opportunity of ‘stop trying’.
Man, I love it!
This guy did an AMA on Reddit 5 years ago. His top 2 pieces of advice were:
“Never trust a quiet person. They are listening, and learning, and that makes them the smartest person in the room.”
“Listen. Don’t talk.”
So basically he’s telling us to not trust him, or at least to become someone others should not trust. And yet gullible people are giving him money. This guy is a scam artist.
They guy worked at CIA, you don't do that unless you are a very intelligent and capable person. He could be a scam artist but most likely he would not waste his talents on such low pursuits. He is the real deal.
Exactly. If he comes to the show n talk nothing,we would watch 2 hours video of silence and be fully convinced with him. However,this channel has yet to produce a silent 2h video for us, everyone is talking. So how can we trust anyone?
I feel pity for you. That was great advice. You learn from listening and observing. He basically advised that the quiet person in the room is gathering information on everyone else and to become the quiet person to obtain the advantage. You are to use that advice in context. Just because someone gave you a hammer/tool doesn’t mean you can fix everything with that one tool.
Should you trust a spy. No. But if you listen to what people say you should be able to take the information that’s useful to you and discard the rest. If your reaction is to discard everything he says because you know he’s a spy, it’s not that you don’t trust him. You don’t trust yourself or your own discernment.
@@whateverwhenever8170you got to buy and read more books…
Introverts rulez!
If a candidate continually asked me so many questions in an interview, I would get so irritated, and it seems very insincere... I hate it when people try to handle me like that. Manipulation to the people who live outside of the "shed" is very off-putting and I won't do business with people like that. Come at me openly with the truth and you have me but try to handle me like this and I will call it and never deal with you again.
It makes me very uncomfortable to give people answers when I know they don’t care what I’m saying. Had a guy like that ask me ‘Do you ever smile?’. lol no dude. Not when you are forcing me make noises with my mouth that are passing directly through your brain and floating into the abyss.
@@videoscontrabandos3879 LoL. He would be out of the room in 3,2,1... dude trying so hard to turn every situation to his favor. Not someone you want to work with.
Referring to the final segment: I totally had the change of feeling when my son was born 2 years ago. Before that I wasn't afraid of dying, and I'm still not, but now I have the feeling of I don't want to die, so I can be there for my children see them grow up.
Having children does change you.
100% agree. Once you have kids you are driven to be there for them.
Well isn’t the CIA teaching them how to view the world as they see it. Just as the KGB (back in day) taught their agents to view the world how they saw it?
true, but if it deviates from reality they wouldn't have functional agents. There's an ideological part of what you should believe in and a technical framework of how you serve what you believe in. If their framework is wrong, their lives are on the line.
Yes
@@phillipjiang1593 All of our lives are on the line in one way or another. It’s just a matter of distance. The Russians have a framework too. I’m sure it’s some tragic faux romantic notion about strength, weakness and games of opposition. Also “truth” is a tricky one but not for them I think. There’s probably no such thing. Just moves on a chessboard. I prefer the term “accurate and precise information”. I think Putin played himself. Spent too much time in the mirror.
Yes He has been manipulated into manipulating people the way the CIA wants him to do. He’s just another puppet the agencies use to accomplish their agenda.
CIA didn't teach me anything but I still have a similar view. Sometimes we come to the conclusion that it's winter maybe because it's actually winter.
Former CIA, Ok? Gotta love lies mixed with truth
It's the best way to manipulate, after all.
That's "their" M.O.!!!
Haha exactly no such thing as former CIA. Once you’re CIA then you’re CIA and you play by their rules.
He will always have to answer to the CIA, though I doubt they would use him as an asset, unless this is their way of using him as an asset as your friendly neighborhood ex-CIA agent.
@@CraiiZeD That's exactly how they're using him. For PR.
As an Inuit we learned this early .. we were met with skepticism, mistrust and anger and called lazy .. little do they know that we were free and still is today 60 years later .. the the question of 'cheating' it's really all about what makes you happy ..not how rich you are, and Inuit are not built to cheat, because you know .. there's a life after this one where you have to stand 'trial' for your previous life. Some call us losers .. But we would rather die than conform to what other think we should do. Life is not about grifting, life is about surviving throughout the day. - Try listening to this interview with ambient music running .. everything will glue to you brain in an realxed way (You could try my relaxation 'Void' ..or Hunted) 🙂
I really enjoy listening to Andrew's views. Whether you agree or disagree, you can't deny that they make you think deeply about certain questions and topics. Great episode Steven, thanks!
I don't get all the hate on Andrew? You can never agree with what anyone says 100%, but he's got some awesome, actionable concepts to teach. I think most people in the comments spend more time arguing with other's than improving your lives. This comments page is absolutely TOXIC!
@@darthdeprave2179 I can answer this for you; the majority of society operate within their bubbles and have difficulty accepting the cognitive dissonance required to process what he's saying. Using the 80/20 rule, most people dont want the truth they want the truth thats optimal to their conditioning. The toxic comments as you put it are those whose cognitive bias is so profound that they are compelled to leave disparaging comments to reconfirm their worldview. He's spoken extensively in other podcasts about the internal and external locus of control. Those who cannot recognize their biases commonly point to an external mechanism that drives their worldview.
People with an external locus of control believe that events outside of their control influence their actions and outcomes. Someone with an external locus of control, a student for example, might believe they failed a test because they were sick, the test was too hard, or their teacher doesn't like them. Its much easier for the people in the comments to create an external locus in their minds, usually a conspiracy or invalidating or discounting him rather than accepting that their worldview is flawed.
The WHOLE POINT of Andrew's "Mission Mindset" and the summary of all of his podcasts is to create your own opportunity by: 1. Acknowledging that you have biases and they cannot be overcome. 2. Apply the Pareto Principle 3. Focusing on Perspective over Perception and finally 4. Overcoming external locus of control. People are confused about the 'manipulate' and 'deceit' when in reality these people who claim to be held by ethics absolutely, albeit unconsciously act in that manner (because their external controls/ worldview dictates as such) but in reality he means you can use those methods to MOTIVATE people because psychologically they're similar. (apologies for the long post reply)
[edit] It would be of benefit to Google mimetic theory by Rene Girard as that will provide additional insight.
@@darthdeprave2179 so it's "toxic" to call him out as an obvious sociopath? and it's "not toxic" to just lap up this conman's word salad and bathe in his narcissism? gimme a break
@fs5775 All I'm saying is that he has valuable concepts and methods to teach. A majority of these comments are people trolling. Why not test the concepts for yourself instead of immediately dismissing his teachings?
@@darthdeprave2179 I agree. The point isn't the person its a product that may help you utilize some tools for business. Either way all the people that are focused on the person are missing that you can learn skills which you can take with you anywhere.
I usually enjoy this channel. But this guy has his own agenda. Very disappointing to see him on this show pushing it.
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And it's his second time on the podcast in a year. Boring.
Completely agree
What's his agenda?
I don't really know this guy. What's his agenda?
Man, this guy has really changed his path. Good on him!! We love you my friend!!!
this guy gives off major fraud vibes. Hes like an actor .( and I don't trust any man with a perfectly manicured and shaved beardline)
you know this guy is still asscociated with the club becuase he mentions that big mike should run for president
his takes are always pretty sussy
That's what my mom said Moms are always right 😅
Since he cannot dazzle with brilliance, he's working the old "baffle them with bullshit" - Great use of the word 'fraud' there. Thank you.
@@discountingI’m gonna borrow that from you “since he can’t dazzle them with brilliance..”
Michelle`s kids are pretty set for life. She doesn`t need to be Prez. I`m also very disappointed in his assessment of the attempted assasination. He`s still part of the blue wall.
Big mike!
more like BIG MIKE
Set for life? Nobody is president for the money.
@@sixtynineelephants the money comes afterwards …
@@sixtynineelephants go check their speech/appearance fees, book and media deals, “consulting” fees, and the numerous examples of presidents (and VPs) ending up on corporate boards and other high-paying positions for minimal work
People who use critical thinking know the system. Teaching critical thinking in school is vital. We don't need any hype courses or videos to learn this skill.
@Emma-og2jt why does it have to be critical thinking and nit just thinking? Do we really need to dramatise the most basic of human functions?
Critical thinking is also taught at home.
@@ameternal2012 I totally agree with you and it would be wonderful if all parents taught this. Unfortunately, if parents don't use critical thinking it is unlikely they will be able to teach it to their children. I have seen a decline in critical thinking over the years.
They chose him because he came from a fatherless home, had trauma, and would be easily manipulated & in turn be able to manipulate others. It’s what they do & what he still does.
you know this guy is still asscociated with the club becuase he mentions that big mike should run for president
Another give away is that he says he got out of the CIA without knowing how to keep making money so he admittedly just made up a persona and started making money off the CIA ideas. Ideas that to be honest aren't unique or special at all , he just packages them well
This is the take
He never answered the question - how does one know if they are wired for success? He also contradicted himself from beginning of the conversation to the end. He started out with we can all get success if we think outside the box and follow my methodology & then he says certain people are wired for success, others are mediocre, some wired for pain and suffering. So, those people would not benefit from the program but he doesn’t mention that it’s not useful for everyone. He also gave an example of a client who had trauma and turned out to be successful despite the trauma. Relatively happy path. What about people who are devastated and paralyzed by trauma and can’t move forward till they heal instead of going around it. Very confusing unlike other guests who had clarity of thought and plan. Very misleading and disappointing for young impressionable minds.
Your first mistake was expecting solutions from a CIA agent.
Probably because he’s a BS-er selling his product 🥱
@@fs5775 seems that way for sure.
wired means hard wired subconscious patterns, some people wired for certain thing means they have certain patterns which they repeat the same way everyday and get the same results. You can just as get wired as someone else by changing your patterns(installing a new programm that goes: change in current thoughts to beleifs to actions to habits to character )(and yes don't forget to inform yourself fully before sharing, )
He said he’s training people to break the dirty glass inside the shed…..ie change the wiring…trauma, insecurities and self doubt is the dirty glass….everyone goes through trauma understand that there is life beyond that
This is one of the best interviews thus far. Extremely enlightening. Thank you!
So glad you enjoyed this one! 🙏
Same very well made.
This guy is manipulating you right now as you watch this. Read between the lines and feel the energy coming off this guy. Energy never lies.
💯 and it was disturbing to watch. Steven got sucked into his evil vortex
@@fs5775 And sadly Steven is eating out of his hand.
@@gbcubed He's young. He'll get burned by dudes like this a few times and then won't fall for 'em again. You live and learn.
@@fs5775 Agreed. Steven is great even though he comes across as naive. I don't understand how his radar is not even beeping. He is easily impressed with certain people. He also does shows bias, which makes me question if I want to continue watching..
@@fs5775 Interesting. This is my 3rd reply. The other 2 have not posted. Maybe because I am a bit critical of Steven🤔
Andy uses "we" when discussing C.I.A. He never left mentally or physically.
I bet he got dumped by CIA but is still associating with them because he has nothing else going on
you know this guy is still asscociated with the club becuase he mentions that big mike should run for president
If Michelle is a man where are the High School, Elementary School or Kindergarten class photos?
Both gents were absolutely amazing. Bravo and thank you for the valuable advice and insight given in this podcast.
I can't believe you have this scamwalker fraud back on...
This feels very used car/pyramid scheme. Dont feel much authentic vibe from this
bingo
Because he’s full of $hi7
He’s a grifter extraordinaire.
The fact that he thinks people don’t remember peoples failures is laughable. Just ask George Clooney and his Batman performance :P
Or Brendan Fraser that went from top tier A lister to unemployed.
I think 80% of what he says is made up on the spot and then he tries to see if people will buy his BS because he’s confident about it.
Then the icing on the cake was his saying that Michelle Obama would beat Trump and that the country NEEDED her 😂
What a joke .
Agree
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I really like everything this man ever has to say. Especially when I know his wife has said similar things,...obvi smarter, and MRS. ANDI B ...
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Im good w f the system, break the machine, pease love and never losing sight of GOD.
I swear
I loved this entire episode. The question left for Andrew and the brief conversation after were the cherry on the sundae of this episode. When the Titan sub implosion happened and I learned the wife/mother gave up her seat for her son, I wondered if she wished she'd gone instead -- she'd have died with her husband and her son would have still been alive, BUT the kids would be without either parent.
As for the rest of the episode -- Andrew was a fascinating guest to listen to and not just because he is a former covert operative. I love that he's taking what he's learned and helping others apply it to their own ordinary lives. I'm headed over to check out his channel right now. Thanks for sharing such a great interview.
Wait so the CIA allow this guy to teach people their ways? Am struggling with this.
He is still working for them putting out the narrative they want everyone to believe... It makes perfect sense...
This is just logical way, different cultures come up with similar way of thinking. Read 48 laws of power, the guy come up with all the manipulating techniques without CIA teaching him.
Am yet to think about this
@nikstar83 When caught being evil, pretend that it is for the victims' benefit. This allows you to continue lying because the lies are for your safety. Example: Santa, Satan, Supremacy of any path to happiness over another's.
Seriously, i knew Andrew when he worked at the embassy in phnom penh (Cambodia) back when William was CoS there.
And this guy was NOT a CIA agent, he was an ACS agent. Huge difference, and absolutely not equivalent in anyway.
He worked in the visa department and handed out and accepted visa documents from a small window in the public seating area.
Absolutely NOT a CIA agent, he is full of crap.
I have a few thoughts:
1. In March he said people should take their kids and leave the USA before 2030 - now he wants the best USA for his kids
2. Last time he said he wanted to help people - now he's saying he only cares about his family. So, why would we want to sign up for his programmes. This makes it difficult to feel compassion for his recent loss of his grandma as he moved off from that very quickly.
3. If he was in the CIA and he's allowed to share IP and build them into frameworks that is for sale outside the CIA I can't imagine the CIA agreeing to that. (Does that mean he is still really is CIA)
4. If we are in a the shed how is teaching people how to get a pay rise getting them out of the cabin aren't you just enabling them to get a bigger cabin
5. Steven - only recruiting people who are like you is one of the biggest reasons (i.e. unconscious bias ) why companies are not being successful in attaining true diversity within their organisation. As a middle aged black female professional in the UK it is the key factor that I have faced over and over and again throughout my career. I would be interested to understand how you ensure you get that balance when you are interviewing. You won't really get true growth without diversity.
6. Was the objective of this to promote his business- "the t-shirt "
👏 fantastic breakdown 👌
No growth without diversity? Is diversity your power? Successful people can be successful doing the same exact thing people like or want.
Diversity for diversity’s sake … isn’t the way. Ability / hard work are what bring success. You DEI ppl need to wake up. Look at the president of Harvard, or the secret service … them being diverse brought about insane incompetence and 0 accountability. But we should let them because they are women? Or bc the one is black? This is so against the American way and culture that we got from you… the UK brought about so much progress . Not bc of diversity, but bc of excellence
Diversity has no strenght per se. This is just intellectual fallacy.
@@strigoiu13 K
@@strigoiu13of course it does, it teaches how to be with others who are not like you and see them as people.
A podcast I almost fell asleep too, because all the rest I have it’s me being relaxed hence I have to listen twice to most!
This was an excellent podcast between you both and I have taken away a good few points from this, excellent and thank you! I sit in interviews and this podcast has made me realise how we are going wrong. Also when it comes to leadership of the company.
Thank
I find it very informative each time I tune in to listen to the various guests on the show. You have a loyal listener from The United States of America.
This guy talks absolute nonsense from start to finish. You can see Steve knows it but is incredibly polite, giving him chance after chance to say something coherent and actionable.
I had that feeling about Steven's approach too
Huh. He made perfect sense to me 🤷♀
I disagree. While I do think Steven is a bit unnerved by how direct and pragmatic Andrew is in the first half, as anyone would be with a trained CIA agent, honestly, I think Steven is entirely fascinated by him and wants to know as much as he can and does have respect for him and what he says. There's no way Steven would talk to someone for almost 3 hours if he thought it was nonsense. Andrew says openly, don't just believe me, take the information and knowledge and test it for yourself. It's refreshing to see someone speak so direct about topics most skirt around. Andrew in my opinion is very coherent and gives a lot of good examples of how to take action in your own life.
I do not have to agree with everything a person says but for me he makes some very relevant and useful points especially regarding perception and perspective. Everyone has something to contribute and learn from. As he said, it’s up to each individual to “test” the information ourselves.
I once learned potentially life saving information from someone who believes the earth is flat. Even a broken clock is right 2 times a day.
The knowledge he dishes isn't meant for you.
Really appreciate the email break-down, and I want to commend you for putting in the time and effort to have that segment screen captured.
You managed to turn an extemporaneous analysis of text, into a live lesson, with annotated lecture notes.
Valuable stuff, worth a comment.
Thanks again.
I love how the starting question boxes the framework into a videogame like context..."what are you doing in this season of your life?" What a calculated and well directed controlling question that is....absolutely undermines the rest of the interview
He talks very fast just like a con man. We know they’re trying to play us. Remember he also played us when he worked there.
He talkes in circles.
word salad baby
Steven, this was one of the best videos you've done by far, and you're the creator of every single favorite video of mine. Well, well done. I am so glad you're a human I get to learn from. Forever thankful. Andy - incredible. You continue to educate the business owners who need you more than they know. 💚
How to break free from the system “screw others over for economic benefit”. Doesn’t seem like you’re free from much doing that mate.
Economic independence is the only way to break free from the system.
Guess you didn't get the message
@@Shakor77 No that’s how you break out of poverty. Breaking out of the system would mean living in a shack.
@@fredydiaz1180 Oh I understood, I just don’t agree that what he’s describing constitutes freedom. He’s justifying an anti-social approach to economic interaction by virtue of the fact it makes people wealthy. Actual freedom would instead be the ability to observe the many ways a human can spend their time on this earth, make that choice for yourself, and then live by it. Power and wealth are not freedom. They aren’t mutually exclusive either.
When a person is focused on presenting ‘facts’ and doesn’t share who they are with you while doing so, I don’t trust them.
Andrew: write your book as a fiction, then fewer ‘sensitive’ claims can be made, but all the basis from a true story can still be gleaned by your readers😊. Thank you for this amazing dialog with Steven!! It is one of CEO’s all time best interviews!!
If he spoke on how both political agendas are running society into the ground... i would take this more seriously. But alas, he speaks because "they" let him speak. 😢
"They" want him to speak. He's here to serve "them".
Who’s “they” 🤔
@@VersacePokemon51:09
Listen to the podcast. He talks about it. I'm not even going to time stamp this one. It's very easy to find.
He already did speak on how both political agendas (whether liberal or conservative) are really only about keeping society in a state of conflict and survival mode which gets people to think much less clearly/rationally and thus actually make poor decisions for themselves in the heat of that imagined tension. He said that it in his earlier episode right here on DOAC channel.
We are given "circles" (programming) from the moment we are born and all that programming before the age of seven is the hardest to "see" and reprogram. This is why it is so very important to put 90% of our efforts and resources should be focused on our children. This is where society changes, by what we program our children with. Right now, the programing is lack, struggle, competition, and limitation of imagination.
There is usually 3 generations of adults for every one generation of school age children. 90% of our resources going to them would leave no security, or advancement for the adults required to teach, protect, and grow for the benefit of those children. Children are the future, but you need survive to the present to create change.
@@RayF6126 But if all the adults don't invest in teaching these children, all of them suffer later with children growing up to be useless to that same society because they both have no useful skills and no loyalty to that society. You have what we have now, ramped drug addiction, people too lazy to work, homelessness, gang violence, and general apathy towards the world in general.
As a mother, you lost me right the moments that someone would not bring his son back, if that meant he would be different from the person he is. That is (I am sorry to say it) but such a male perspective, and such a self-centred view. I would not only change myself backwards, forwards or in any direction, in fact, I would be fine with dying, if it meant my child is safe and not dead. Wow.
not a male perspective but a sociopathic one
@@fs5775...exactly...sociopathy is present in both/multi genders...playing victim status can be sociopathic...but I do agree that sacrificial acts to save one's children is the correct way to go.
I think you should listen to that whole interview before judging and taking that one sentence out of context. Mo Gawdat is who said that. And he wasn’t talking about changing who he is, it’s everything else he did in honour of his son, everything that happened as a result of that and the impact it has had
Good evening Steven and Andrew
Yip Yip and YIP.
Truly grateful for you guys.
Today I finally resigned from my nineteen year mental health nurse career with NHS. Took a bit of journey, story short.
Truly grateful for all you do here, for sure.
Thank you.
New doors to seek, indeed.
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Metaphor of The "Shed/Cabin" = Plato Allegory of "The Cave".
Borrowing from the past.
I've checked easily 20 of Andrew's podcasts, what he clearly displays as far as company man bias and manipulation, he more than makes up for in showing exactly how that manipulation works. Half his sets are thin and relatively empty, but when he has a great interviewer, his enthusiasm is a master class in psychology. This is one of the best. Filing it away for study, if for no other reason than trying to ace any future interviews 😆🤙
Well, A+ on manipulating Steve. The first hour of this is all this guy giving a masterclass on gaining a position of authority over Steve. Ooh, and we just got to where he takes all of that built up good will and authority to dismiss his detractors.
I am so glad you asked Simon that question because that is one of my favorite conversations as well. I learned so much from that one.
I'm not even half way through, but this is one of my favorite interviews with Andrew. Thank you both! Great talk.
ive watched this buy before and I think he's a fake , well thats what comes to mind when I see him.... he likes to promote his business the entire time .... im gunna give this one a miss
Steven, you consistently ask some of the best questions I’ve ever heard in interviews. Well done.
I’ve been listening for a while and now I’m subscribed, because I don’t want to miss out on something this good. Thanks.
Completely agree!
Love it. You’ve made a brother which cheers you on from the depths of Tennessee.
The Bully analogy Andy used is why I listen to everything he says. Flawless manipulator & educator!
Why would he educate you on how to become an entrepreneur or 'bully'? You would only compete with his kids in business, like how China will compete with America. He's manipulating you for his own gain.
If he's so "flawless" then why does the whole comment section see him as a fraud and full of BS?
@fs5775 His operation is most likely to recruit. He's recruiting. That's a flawless execution. I don't think he's an influencer in a like me, please method. He's more of a Howard Stern, The Rock when he wrestled, or Donald Trump style influencer.
True sign of an Adult, learning that the only way to change the world is starting with the self. I love your channel and you, because you have recognised that fact. Furthermore, you help others to grow and inspire others to look in the mirror.
The only way to change the world-- for the better -- is to move from selfishness to altruism, not to become a master and teacher of egotism. But sure, people can practice what this guy is teaching and see if their life actually gets better, or if they just amass more and more reasons to be afraid, surrounded by more and more weapons.
Hey Steven, you won me, I will subscribe this channel, I saw 2 other videos and I liked, but I don't have much time to spend in yt that's why I'm not subscribed, but this 3rd , it's started so boring that I thought to drop, but then you flipped and then the rest of the interview was amazing! Congrats
Love the Schwarzenegger example, however Kindergarten Cop is one of my favs not a flop😂 The shed is a great example too.
Manipulating from the get go... the whole ra-ra' bout life is fragile... eyeroll ... i didnt enjoy his last interview and already im eyerolling
You must not have gotten the whole thing. Their guy came from the CIA, who teaches to manipulate others but the base of this is can be used to form happy healthy relationships.
This episode was riveting, way past my bedtime, but I couldn't stop watching it! A very interesting person 👍
Why so many negative comments? I think this guy is brilliant. He has wonderful ideas and good insight into human behavior. I could listen to him all day long!
Why so many negative comments? A better question might be 'What am I missing about this guy that clearly lots of other people are seeing?'
great, he's got a course to sell you and I have a used car to sell you too! 🤣🤣
You’ve been manipulated! 😂
I am getting a vague idea that Andrew Bustamante is a master of promotion :)
using “spy crap” to sell his wares *yawn*
Absolutely.
There is No "Coincidence" that he is on this show at this exact timing!
Bang🎯
Such great advice for life! The both of you together are such a joy to watch! Thank you both!
This guy sees all relationships as “transactional”…enough said
just like polticians.. interesting
But if it isn't it's martyrdom" or "co-dependent" or a "cross to bear." There are multiple ways to look at everything...
😬😬😬 this honestly is giving me uncanny valley vibes. Like every interview / interviewee feels like a performance / performative to an extent, but this guy feels particularly…detached from himself and from Steven. Idk how to explain it but I don’t like it lol
ETA: Welp, I don't want to armchair diagnose anyone, but his "strength" of not caring about other people seems...maladaptive at best. It scares me that the world is run by such people. He doesn't sound intelligent or enlightened or outside of "the shed;" it sounds like he just created a new shed.
Haha yes I think in the last video he admitted having sociopathic tendencies. That’s why it all just feels a bit off.
‘I only care about people close to me’ also ‘listen and learn from me’ yeah, nah.
@@sammartin590 Yeah I think for as much as he likes to think he was chosen for the CIA for his ability to think ~ outside of the shed, ~ I am more inclined to think they select for psychopathic / sociopathic tendencies. People who can be incentivized to harm others for personal gain. Only in business and in government does this seem to be a virtue, and yet, our society places so much value in both of these institutions. And they're making the world worse for everyone else-because they want to, and because they can. He said it himself. I'm honestly disgusted, but not surprised.
I agree. Why would he want to let people out of the 'shed'? So we can compete with him and his kids?
This interview sounds like part of his long term plan for his family to continually benefit from the problems of other people without significantly helping anyone.
probably because he's a textbook sociopath
Really interesting. The second half ticked loads of boxes. As always, thank you for having such engaging and thoughtful conversations.
If he was a threat to the system! He wouldn't be around! Good luck and safe travels
The DOAC is becoming an infomercial, must be running out of quality content
100% his bias towards cash shows 🥲
Right?!?
I genuinely appreciate this podcast❤
I've seen this guy twice before and nothing he is saying resonates with me. There's something weird about him and I won't listen to him for over 2,5 hours. Sorry, but I'm out
that's a high compliment to you and your intellect
@@fs5775 lol, well thank you!!
@@fs5775His intellect is just fine. I question yours.
He claimed the shooter was 400 yards away, but every other report I've heard says 130 - 150 yards away. That is a big difference....
the first time he said 400 feet, then later he said 400 yards. 400 ft ~ 133 yards.
Rite on! Congratulations. What a milestone my friend 👏 ❤️
I knew this dude was a salesmen
Michelle is like “ I already took care of the chef … do I have co to do everything around here”
Big mike!
Haha
The words from the introduction reminded me of this old and wise proverb : I have seen something further under the sun, that the swift do not always win the race, nor do the mighty win the battle, nor do the wise always have the food, nor do the intelligent always have the riches, nor do those with knowledge always have success, because time and unexpected events overtake them all.
Exciting channel growth. You deserve it! 🎉